AB Guthrie Junior

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Alfred Bertram Guthrie, Junior (born January 13, 1901 in Bedford , Indiana , † April 26, 1991 in Choteau , Montana ) was an American journalist and writer who received the Pulitzer Prize for novels in 1950 for his novel The Way West .

Life

After attending school, he studied journalism at the University of Montana and graduated in 1923 with a bachelor's degree (BA Journalism). He later worked as a journalist for the daily newspaper The Lexington Leader from 1926 to 1947 .

1943 appeared with Murders at Moondance his debut - Roman , the 1947 The Big Sky (1952 followed filmed ). In 1949 he published The Way West , which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Novels in 1950. At the Oscar ceremony in 1954 he was responsible for the screenplay for the film Shane for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nomination.

After another novel ( These Thousand Hills (1956)) he published with The Big It (1960) a collection of short stories and in 1965 his memoirs under the title The Big Hen's Chick: A Life In Context . In 1967, his breakthrough novel was The Way West by Andrew V. McLaglen (the one with a star-studded Kirk Douglas , Robert Mitchum and Richard Widmark belonged) filmed , where he collaborated on the script. The German version of this film was entitled Der Weg nach Westen .

He later published three other novels, Wild Pitch (1973), The Genuine Article (1977) and No Second Wind (1980). Shortly before his death, he published A Field Guide to Writing Fiction (1991), a guide for writers.

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SURNAME Guthrie, AB Junior
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Guthrie, Alfred Bertram Junior (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Bedford , Indiana
DATE OF DEATH April 26, 1991
Place of death Choteau , Montana